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In The Past: From Trilobites To Dinosaurs To Mammoths In More Than 500 Million Years, Karen Abbott
In The Past: From Trilobites To Dinosaurs To Mammoths In More Than 500 Million Years, Karen Abbott
Children's Book and Media Review
Poems of prehistoric creatures are combined with watercolor illustrations to take the reader on a wonderful walk with extinct animals both large and small. A combination of clever, humorous poetry about dinosaurs and mammals from ancient history and stunning illustrations create a passage to the world from ages past.
Freckles The Pig, Kati Penovich
Freckles The Pig, Kati Penovich
Children's Book and Media Review
It’s Fall Cleanup Day at Storm Cliff Stables! Freckles the pig is determined to be a good friend and help with the cleanup. His first attempt just leaves a big, muddy mess. Luckily, Freckles has good friends who help him create colorful paintings to hang up in the barn. Aunt Jane and the other humans find themselves wondering who could have created such talented paintings, because everyone knows pigs can’t paint...right?
Easy & Fun Paper-Folding Projects: Origami Zoo Animals, Kylee Hackney
Easy & Fun Paper-Folding Projects: Origami Zoo Animals, Kylee Hackney
Children's Book and Media Review
Origami Zoo Animals contains a variety of helpful diagrams and pictures that walk the reader through the creation of each paper animal step by step. Ranging from the ‘friendly fox’ to the ‘silly seal’, there are six zoo animals to create in all. Projects are designed with the beginner in mind, but all origami lovers will find this book helpful and fun as they continue their paper-folding talents. The contents of the book include basic folds, origami symbols, bases, tips and tricks, and a glossary to support the reader in their quest of creating these adorable paper zoo animals.
Bridge To The Wild, Phyllis Rosen
Bridge To The Wild, Phyllis Rosen
Children's Book and Media Review
The author gets to visit the zoo and share facts she learns about the different animals she encounters. She accompanies Rebecca Snyder, Curator of Mammals at Zoo Atlanta in Atlanta, Georgia, where she is allowed to go behind the scenes to learn about various animals and also to find out how the zoo keepers take care of the needs of these animals. She has chapters that include learning about pandas, flamingos, meerkats, orangutans, gorillas, snakes, elephants, birds, Komodo dragons, etc. The reader also gets a glimpse of the routine of the zoo vets. The end of the book discusses endangered …
Tractor Mac Colors On The Farm, Karen Abbott
Tractor Mac Colors On The Farm, Karen Abbott
Children's Book and Media Review
A short board book for toddlers to learn the primary colors by seeing things on a farm that are red, green, yellow, orange, pink, and brown. There are also objects pictured in the various colors that can help really early readers to learn the object names and not just their color. Join Farmer Mac for a colorful visit to the farm with a little one in tow.
The Nocturnals: The Slithery Shakedown, Beverly Jones
The Nocturnals: The Slithery Shakedown, Beverly Jones
Children's Book and Media Review
This particular installment in The Nocturnals series is suited for children in grades one and two. Bismark, the fearless leader, is ready to embark on another exciting adventure. But Bismark finds out he is more of a fearful leader when he and his friends have an unwelcome encounter with a sly, slithery snake. The snake wants to make a snack out of Bismark, the small sugar glider, but that won’t happen with Tobin the pangolin and Dawn the fox around. The three friends realize that you can be “scared and brave, too” and they send that sneaky snake right back …
Boy's Best Friend, Cynthia Frazier
Boy's Best Friend, Cynthia Frazier
Children's Book and Media Review
‘Moving is fun and change can be positive.' No matter how many times Lester says that mantra to himself, it doesn’t help. His still misses Colorado, his old neighborhood, and his friends. Everything is different in Cape Cod, even the water and air are different. His only friend is his golden retriever, Bill Gates. On the other hand, a classmate George, who has lived in Cape Cod all his life, is missing his very best and oldest friend who just moved to another state. He feels that the only real friend he has left is his border collie, Bart. Finding …
Wolf, Cynthia Frazier
Wolf, Cynthia Frazier
Children's Book and Media Review
He is now called Jack, after having other names, adventures, and roles in the book Sheep. Four years later, Jack is back doing what a Border Collie was born to do. Jack and his human Luke have found a good home on the sheep ranch with people who care about them. Jack senses an unfamiliar odor on the farm, and then two of his flock are killed on his watch. The Wolf has come to California in search of a new home and a mate. A fierce confrontation with another animal leaves him with a wound that won’t heal and …
A Boy, A Mouse, And A Spider: The Story Of E.B. White, Nicole Clark
A Boy, A Mouse, And A Spider: The Story Of E.B. White, Nicole Clark
Children's Book and Media Review
E.B. White is known for his beloved children’s stories. This lyrical picture book tells the story of the man behind them, and how his life events — from befriending a mouse while recovering from an illness as a child, to watching a spider spin in a corner of a barn — gave rise to the books we know and love. The mouse that White first met as a child and later encountered in a dream became Stuart Little, and White’s own farm experiences were the background for Charlotte’s Web.
Tomo: Adventures In Counting, Taylor Harris
Tomo: Adventures In Counting, Taylor Harris
Children's Book and Media Review
Join Tomo and his best friend for an adventure on the seas! Spot snoozing polar bears, swimming jellyfish, and sparking stars as they count from one to ten. Colorful numbers top the page, with adorable illustrations depicting that value underneath. A two page spread with small icons of each of the pages allow readers to count more fluidly from one to ten with the pictures and numbers all in one spot!
A Baby Elephant In The Wild, Megan Hall
A Baby Elephant In The Wild, Megan Hall
Children's Book and Media Review
A Baby Elephant in the Wild follows the story of the baby elephant Liza, born in the scrub desert of Namibia. Luckily for Liza, she has a mother that will protect and teach her as she grows up. Although Liza was born weighing 250 pounds, her mother weighs about 8,000 pounds. Liza has a lot of learning and growing to do! Liza learns what plants are safe to eat, how to take a dust bath, and how to drink from a river. She also learns from her family where she needs to stay to be safe from poachers and farmers. …
The Nocturnals: The Hidden Kingdom, Beverly Jones
The Nocturnals: The Hidden Kingdom, Beverly Jones
Children's Book and Media Review
The new installment in The Nocturnals series follows the journey of unique and unlikely friends: Dawn, the fox, Tobin, the pangolin, and Bismark, the sugar glider. The animals are facing a major predicament as they cannot find water to drink. They surely will not survive if they don't find refreshment, and fast! Adventure and excitement begin from the very beginning of this book and young readers will speed read through the pages.
Today I'M A Veterinarian, Beverly Jones
Today I'M A Veterinarian, Beverly Jones
Children's Book and Media Review
Today I'm a Veterinarian is one of a series of books that details interesting careers. Young readers can learn about different occupations as they are entertained and entranced by the colorful illustrations and bright, cheerful pictures. In this particular book, Dr. Emma is a veterinarian who is sharing a little bit about what she does at work every day. One unique thing about this book is that it doubles as a story and a picture book. There are many pages of pictures with text underneath to enhance a child's vocabulary and teach them words that they may not have heard …
Monsters Beware!, Olivia Hales
Monsters Beware!, Olivia Hales
Children's Book and Media Review
Tomboy Claudette is the sort of hard core, no fluff, all grit, eight-year-old hero you’d expect to be crushing monsters on a daily basis. And that’s exactly what she plans on doing. Problem is, the warrior games have had their deadliness dialed down a bit. Claudette finds herself churning butter instead of putting minotaurs in a headlock. Claudette’s teammate and younger brother Gaston discovers that the team from the ocean kingdom is really monsters in disguise. Distressingly, no one believes him. While Claudette flounders outside of her element, her teammates scramble to outmaneuver their disguised foes. The ocean kingdom’s plot …
Neversink, Chris Bernier
Neversink, Chris Bernier
Children's Book and Media Review
A puffin named Lockley and his wife Lucy live on the frozen island of Neversink. To the southeast of them on the island of Tytonia lives a parliament of owls. Rozbell, a power hungry owl, kills the long-term king and rules in wickedness. A sickness has come upon the forest creatures of Tytonia which threatens the food supply of the owls, so Rozbell decides to put a fish tax on the puffins. One day, Lockley has had enough of the tax and pushes a large pile of fish back into the sea, which angers the sea goddess Sedna. Sedna removes …
Just Like Us! Ants, Haley Cook
Just Like Us! Ants, Haley Cook
Children's Book and Media Review
Ants are more like us than we sometimes imagine. They work together as a community, each with their own role, to survive. They have occupations, including farmers, babysitters, leaders, trash collectors, and foragers. They care for their young and keep them well fed, hoping they will grow up strong in order for ant community to expand. They have defense mechanisms in place to help protect the community against predators, and even have soldiers who fight, just as humans do. They grow their own fungus and keep it fed with bits of chewed leaves, while the trash collectors pull unwanted materials …
Yoga Bunny, Haley Cook
Yoga Bunny, Haley Cook
Children's Book and Media Review
Bunny starts his morning with a yoga sequence. As he does downward dog, forward fold, and tree pose, many of his friends run by. Bunny invites each of them to come and join him in the routine, but they all have excuses. Lizard is too angry, Fox thinks it’s silly, and Bird is too busy trying to cure his hiccups to stop. Bunny is discouraged, but continues to practice, deciding that practicing yoga is better alone than not at all. Eventually, a few friends join Bunny and they are able to practice yoga together.
Monster Hunters: Hunt The Ozark Howler, Haley Cook
Monster Hunters: Hunt The Ozark Howler, Haley Cook
Children's Book and Media Review
Gabe Brown and his friends work as the camera crew for Gabe's older brother Ben’s internet show. They investigate accounts of cryptids, mythical creatures whose existence has not been proven. These boys travel around following leads, investigating the reality of these animals. Ben’s camera crew was recently hired by a competitor, Ace Rollin. Ace makes money by exaggerating accounts of these animals, instead of reporting the truth. The newest cryptid rumor is about a scary horned cat called the Ozark Howler. The boys must discover the secret behind the Howler before Ace has a chance to exploit it for his …
Waiting, Acacia Haws
Waiting, Acacia Haws
Children's Book and Media Review
Five toys sit on a windowsill together, each waiting for different things. A dog on a sled is waiting for the snow. A teddy bear is waiting for the wind so he can fly his kite. When the things they’re waiting for happen, the toys are happy. The rabbit toy isn’t waiting for anything in particular but just enjoys waiting and watching the world with the others. They watch the seasons change and the celebration of holidays, like fireworks on the Fourth of July. They see storms and rainbows. New toys join them. One of the toys falls off and …
The Magic School Bus Rides Again: Sink Or Swim, Taylor Harris
The Magic School Bus Rides Again: Sink Or Swim, Taylor Harris
Children's Book and Media Review
Ms. Frizzle’s class decides to venture to Hawaii, where Wanda is set on finding a new animal friend to help save. She befriends a bluestripe snapper, whom she calls Becca Blue. Rather than enjoying her time in Hawaii with everyone else, Wanda constantly worries about Becca and how to help her. Ms. Frizzle’s class explores the sea using fishmobiles, submarines that have fins like fish. On an expedition in her fishmobile, Wanda tries to save Becca from a shark. However, her efforts are not needed as a school of bluestripe snapper fish come and confuse the shark. Then the shark …
Skye The Puffling, Kati Penovich
Skye The Puffling, Kati Penovich
Children's Book and Media Review
Skye, the fluffy gray puffling, is born to adoring parents, who unfortunately are fast asleep one morning when she goes adventuring and falls onto the back of a gannet flying due south. Skye’s parents search high and low for the little puffling; all the while, Skye is riding farther and farther from her home and her parents. Skye’s situation becomes perilous when she falls into the ocean, but luckily her new gannet friend helps her out of the water and flies her to safety. Skye is soon reunited with her devoted parents and they spend the summer with the gannets …
Science Comics: Dogs: From Predator To Protector, Mavanee Farnsworth
Science Comics: Dogs: From Predator To Protector, Mavanee Farnsworth
Children's Book and Media Review
Rudy, a four-legged friend who loves humans and balls, is taken to the park with his owner. While at the park, Rudy explains about the species of dogs, and then jumps back into time (25,000 BC to be exact). During this time wolves were the closest animal to a dogs, but they weren’t the best human companion because wolves aren’t naturally tame. Through evolution, changes in wolves’ traits resulted in the dog that man loves today. Each dog has many different qualities and characteristics that make that dog unique to specific environments and tasks. Through this journey, one will come …
Mogie: The Heart Of The House, Nikki-Catrina Anderson
Mogie: The Heart Of The House, Nikki-Catrina Anderson
Children's Book and Media Review
Mogie is a ball-chasing, tail-wagging, moon-howling pup with a heart as true as true can be. Mogie comforts young Gage who used to be a ball throwing, race, running back-flipping boy, but has fallen sick and lost his mojo. Knowing just the right ways to comfort Gage in this difficult time, she sticks with him until he finds his mojo and is able to return home. Mogie’s story continues at the Ronald McDonald House where she stays to help the next child who comes sick and in need of a friend.
Little Pinto And The Wild Horses Of Mustang Canyon, Sarah Checketts
Little Pinto And The Wild Horses Of Mustang Canyon, Sarah Checketts
Children's Book and Media Review
Little Pinto and the Wild Horses of Mustang Canyon is a story of a young colt, barely a day old at the beginning, who belongs to a wild herd that runs free in Mustang Canyon. They run together seeking water, safety, community. The leader of the herd, Old White Face, protects his family from stranger horses and other dangers, such as a plane. In all the excitement and adrenaline, Little Pinto - who scrambles to keep up - falls into the roaring river. Managing to survive, he is reunited with his parents and back to running freely through the beautiful …
Little Elliot: Fall Friends, Jazmin Gomez
Little Elliot: Fall Friends, Jazmin Gomez
Children's Book and Media Review
Elliot and Mouse enjoy the city life. It is exciting and full of color, but sometimes it can be too much. The two friends decide to hop on a bus and visit the fall countryside. When Mouse is unable to find Elliot during a game of hide-and-seek, he enlists the help of new friends. Together, they come up with a delicious solution that leads Elliot straight to Mouse. Their adventure ends surrounded by new friends, food, and a sky full of stars.
Deadliest! 20 Dangerous Animals, Makayla Anderson
Deadliest! 20 Dangerous Animals, Makayla Anderson
Children's Book and Media Review
Dangerous animals are everywhere. This book compiles a list of the twenty most dangerous and deadly animals across the world. From venomous animals that live in the ocean to ravenous mammals on land, the most dangerous animals are all around us. Page by page, the reader will learn facts about each animal, including their location on the globe and their size compared to a human.
Captain Underpants And The Revolting Revenge Of The Radioactive Robo-Boxers, Haley Cook
Captain Underpants And The Revolting Revenge Of The Radioactive Robo-Boxers, Haley Cook
Children's Book and Media Review
Tippy Tinkletrousers, ever the super villain, wants revenge on Captain Underpants, his nemesis. Tippy has time travel on his side, and with another Tippy from the past, he is ready to wreak havoc and defeat Captain Underpants once and for all! George and Harold, along with their trusty pets, Crackers and Sulu, must try and stop Tippy as he attempts to extract his revenge, which ends up causing the extinction of dinosaurs and the ice age in the process. Unfortunately, George and Harold’s time machine is destroyed, so they need Tippy to get them back to the present. With the …
Be Glad Your Dad Is Not An Octopus, Shelby Bunker
Be Glad Your Dad Is Not An Octopus, Shelby Bunker
Children's Book and Media Review
Be Glad Your Dad Is Not an Octopus by Matthew Logelin and Sara Jensen is a humorous story of a brother and sister who recognize their dad isn’t perfect and make plans for a new one! However, if their dad was any number of animals, they might be in a worse situation. The kids learn that, in the end, maybe their dad isn’t so bad after all.
Animal Journeys, Haley Singleton
Animal Journeys, Haley Singleton
Children's Book and Media Review
Animal Journeys details the journeys of many different animals, with some traveling huge expanses of land and others hardly moving more than a few feet throughout their lifetime. Patricia Hegarty starts by showing all of the long distance migrating animals traveling up to 57,000 miles. From Arctic terns to ruby-throated hummingbirds, each animal has a unique journey. Hegarty then explores several marine animals that migrate, including reindeer, hippopotamuses, and humpback whales. Migrating animals who live in extreme temperatures come next in the book, including the fennec fox and the dung beetle, and then the book ends by sharing the interesting …
And Away We Go!, Sydnee Burr
And Away We Go!, Sydnee Burr
Children's Book and Media Review
Mr. Fox orders a hot air balloon so that he can fly to the moon. Upon takeoff, he meets his elephant friend who not only wants to come along but wants to stop for some pizza. As the friends rise through the city, they meet more friends with more take-out suggestions. Soon the party consists of a fox, a pizza loving elephant, musical squirrels, a giraffe thirsty for milkshakes, a dancing rhino, and card-playing rabbits. The wind blows, the strings snap, and the balloon heads to the moon as the animals touch ground. But Mr. Fox isn't mad, he's too …